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The house you live in will be destroyed by bulldozers
Tale
Made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective, the film shows Masafer Yatta, an occupied West Bank town destroyed by Israeli soldiers, and the alliance between Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval. Just think. Imagine you have a choice: live in a cave or build a new house. Watching a new home being bulldozed is documented in “No More Land” and it will make your blood boil.
The film is like a punch in the stomach
The film shows how Israeli invaders systematically destroy a village in the West Bank. Its residents are agitating, protesting, filing lawsuits, but nothing can stop the process. Most of the material is shot with small handheld cameras or smartphones, which gives it an authentic authenticity. Another strength of the film is that it documents not only the demolition of buildings, but also the friendship between Basel, a Palestinian activist, and Yuval, an Israeli journalist who wants to raise public awareness of injustice.
Although friendship is not the right word
They are colleagues and brothers, but the difference between them is always obvious. “You’ve got to learn to lose,” Basel tells Yuval when he sees the reporter isn’t interested in his stories. “We fought for decades, the situation cannot be changed in a few days.” Yuval’s participation adds an extra layer to the film. To Palestinians he will always be “Yehudi”; On the other hand, who can go home to their comfortable lives?
The film contains moments of peaceful effect
But for his fellow Israelis, he sympathizes with the enemy and blames him for his involvement in Palestinian activism. It gave me 'for sama' or '20 days Mariopuli'. The filmmakers stopped filming in October 2023, when everything changed in Israel and Palestine. Of course, the events of the last 12 months give the film an added urgency.
We know that the village symbolizes many other injustices, bloodshed and cruelty
Now we know that not only houses are being destroyed but also the lives of thousands of innocent people.
